1. ‘Captain’ is related to a ‘Team’ in the same way as
‘Director’ is related to
(1) Supervisor (2) Employee
(3) Organisation (4) Union
(5) Customer
2. Find the odd one out of the following options
(1) Aunt (2) Child
(3) Father (4) Niece
(5) Relation
3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh, Ram said. "The
father of his sister is the husband of my wife’s mother". How is Ram
related to Mahesh?
(1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law
(3) Father-in-law (4) Data not sufficient
(5) None of these
4. If ‘fork’ is called ‘plate’, ‘plate’ is called ‘knife’,
‘knife’ is called ‘jug’, ‘jug’ is called ‘glass’, ‘glass’ is called ‘cup’ and
‘cup’ is called ‘fork’, by what do we cut fruit?
(1) spoon (2) jug
(3) glass (4) saucer
(5) none of these
5. If ‘a’ is substituted by 26,’B’ by 25 and so on up to ‘Z’
which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum of the numbers substituted for
the word ‘XRAY’?
(1) 33 (2) 40
(3) 37 (4) 73
(5) None of these
6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF.
How is INDORE written in that code?
(1) JOENQF (2) JMCPQD
(3) JOEPSF (4) HMCNQD
(5) None of these
7. Geeta is elder to Seeta but not to Deepa. Gayatri is
younger than Deepa. No one is elder to Fatima. Who is youngest of them all?
(1) Seeta (2) Geeta
(3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient
(5) None of these
8. Raman is sitting to the immediate left of Harry but not
next to Kamal. Mahesh is sitting to the right of Kamal. If the four friends are
sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Harry?
(1) Mahesh (2) Kamal
(3) Raman (4) Harry
(5) Cannot be determined
9. How many three letter meaningful English words can be
formed from the word NOTE beginning with ‘T’ and without repeating any letter?
(1) Three (2) One
(3) Two (4) None
(5) None of these
Directions (11-15): Answer question 11 to 15 based on the
following sequence:
A $ B # 9 G 3D K « M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 I 4 Y ə J
11. How many elements in the above arrangement are both
immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Three (4) Five
(5) None of these
12. Which of the following will be the fifteenth element
from the left end if all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left
to right, keeping the position of the other elements in arrangement un-changed?
(1) 5 (2) 4
(3) 7 (4) 8
(5) None of these
13. How many letters in the above arrangement are
immediately followed by a symbol?
(1) Two (2) Five
(3) Four (4) Three
(5) None of these
14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the
twelfth from the left end of the arrangement?
(1) # (2) 7
(3) U (4) 9
(5) None of these
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) G$M (2) K9Q
(3) ?D7 (4) 2MU
(5) PCI
16. In a certain code language’ In ba pe’ means ‘he has
won’,'le ki ba’ means ‘she has lost’ and ‘in se pe’ means ‘he always won’.
Which word in that language means ‘he’?
(1) in (2) pe
(3) se (4) Data not sufficient
(5) None of these
17. X is Y’s brother. S is T’s mother and X’s aunt. How is T
related to X?
(1) Sister (2) Cousin
(3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
18. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged,
such that the first becomes ninth, second becomes eighth, and so on, and the
position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the new
arrangement of letters?
(1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO
(3) NTAVERSBO (4) VANTRESBO
(5) None of these
19. If 1 is coded as Ś, 5 is coded as %, 6 is coded as «, 3
is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as ? What will be the correct
form of the number 435671?
(1) ? + % « # Ś (2) ? + % Ś # «
(3) ? + « % # Ś (4) Ś # « % + ?
(5) None of these
20. Which of the following have the same relationship as
BREAD:DBARE?
(1) SWORN: NSOWR (2) FUNDS: FSDUN
(3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4) LOWER: RLEWO
(5) None of these
Directions (21-25): Read the following information and
attempt the given questions:
Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and Priyanka
have to advertise four products i.e. soap, watches, computers and chocolates on
3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in pairs. An
executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. No more
than two executives can advertise on a channel.
(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but advertise
different products.
(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go’ advertises neither soap nor
computers.
(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.
(iv) No girl advertises soap.
(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice
(vi)
21. Who advertises watches?
(1) Deepa (2) Kamal
(3) Aman (4) Priyanka
(5) None of these
22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in
definitely incorrect?
(1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer
(3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap
(5) Come-watch
23. Which channel does Kamal visit?
(1) Go (2) Fun
(3) Come (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following
must be true?
(1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches
(3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun
(5) None of these
25. What will Jitu advertise?
(1) Chocolates (2) Watches
(3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar together
between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple cannot leave till after her lunch
break which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is free after her meeting which ends at
noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?
(1) 3 ½ hours (2) 2 ½ hours
(3) 4 ½ hours (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER
each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the
English language?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Four (4) Three
(5) None of these
28. Find the odd one out
(1) 2 (2) 7
(3) 11 (4) 13
(5) 9
29. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged
in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet preceding them in the
English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters?
(1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT
(3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT
(5) None of these
30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to
Hindi news-papers alone, 12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi newspapers.
Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers.
(1) 9 (2) 21
(3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
Directions (31-35): Below are given letters and their
numeric codes. Below that are given some conditions to be followed while
codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find out the
correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none
of the coded forms is correct, your answer will be (5) i.e. ‘None of these’.Letters M
Q I N
E Y U
G R
Numeric Codes
2 5 3
7 1 8
4 6 9
Conditions:
(i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be
coded as Ś.
(ii) If the second letter is a vowel and the third letter is
a consonant a single code is to be used and both are to be coded jointly as %.
(iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter
is a vowel both are to be coded as?
31. ENIMY
(1) 1%28 (2) ?732?
(3) 17328 (4) ?7328
(5) None of these
32. GENIR
(1) ?173? (2) 6%39
(3) 6%79 (4) 61739
(5) None of these
33. QUERI
(1) 5%93 (2) ?413?
(3) ?4139 (4) ?419?
(5) None of these
34. EINUM
(1) 1%72 (2) 0%42
(3) 1374? (4) 1%43
(5) None of these
35. UNGRE
(1) Ś769 Ś (2) 4769 Ś
(3) 47691 (4) Ś7691
(5) None of these
Directions (36-40): In each question below are two
statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically
follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow.
36. Statements: Some pencils are lead. All lead are ink
Conclusions:
I. Some ink are pencils.
II. All ink are lead.
37. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some
refrigerators are ACs.
Conclusions:
I. Some ACs are ovens.
II. No. AC is oven.
38. Statements: All planes are birds. All birds are clouds.
Conclusions:
I. Some planes are clouds.
II. Some clouds are birds.
39. Statements: Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
Conclusions:
I.. Some sweets are spice.
II. No spice is salt.
40. Statements: Some papers are plastics. All papers are
clothes.
Conclusions:
I. Some plastics are clothes.
II. Some plastics are papers.
Directions (41-45): Each of the following questions below
consists a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You
have to decide if the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer
the question. Read both statements and:
Give answer (1) if the data in statements I alone is
sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II is not
sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone is
sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone is not
sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (3) if the data either in statement I alone or
in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II
are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the statements I and II
together are necessary to answer the question.
41. How is ‘cricket’ written in a code language?
I. ‘Dinesh play cricket’ is written as ‘do si ha’.
II. ‘play cricket now’ is written as ‘ha si ma’.
42. Who is the oldest among L, M, N, O,P?
I. P is older than M and N but not O.
II. L is older than O.
43. When is Rahul’s birthday?
I. Rahul and Shivani are twins.
II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap
year.
44. What is the strength of the class?
I. Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh
who stood 5 ranks below him stood last.
II. Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the
top.
45. How far does Shruti live from the school?
I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Mina’s house
which is 4 kms. From thee school.
II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2
kms. to reach Shruti’s house.
Directions (46-50): The following questions are based on the
five three digit numbers given below:
972 526 487 359 251
46. If the positions of the firs and second digits are
interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in
ascending order?
(1) 359 (2) 972
(3) 526 (4) 487
(5) 251
47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the
above numbers how many will be multiples of 5?
(1) None (2) One
(3) Two (4) Three
(5) None of these
48. If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the
above numbers the sum of the digits of how many of them are prime numbers?
(1) None (2) Two
(3) One (4) Three
(5) All five
49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written
in reverse order which will be the second highest number?
(1) 251 (2) 359
(3) 487 (4) 526
(5) 972
50. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers
are interchanged such that the first becomes second, second becomes third and
third becomes firs, which, of the following will be the highest?
(1) 972 (2) 526
(3) 487 (4) 251
(5) 359
Answer Key for Mental Aptitude Reasoning
1. (3) 2. (5) 3. (2)
4. (2) 5. (2)
6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (2)
9. (1) 10. (1)
11. (4) 12.
(3) 13. (2) 14. (1)
15. (5)
16. (4) 17.
(2) 18. (5) 19. (1)
20. (5)
21. (3) 22.
(4) 23. (1) 24. (2)
25. (3)
26. (1) 27.
(2) 28. (5) 29. (2)
30. (5)
31. (3) 32.
(2) 33. (4) 34. (5)
35. (1)
36. (1) 37.
(3) 38. (5) 39. (2)
40. (5)
41. (4) 42.
(5) 43. (2) 44. (1)
45. (3)
46. (1) 47.
(4) 48. (3) 49. (3)
50. (5)
1. What, according to Keynes, is the “aggregate demand” ?
(a) Stimulation of a short-term activity
(b) Goods and Services Sector
(c) Attempting to rev up the sluggish economy
(d) Pumping one trillion dollars into economy
Answer: (b) Goods and Services Sector
2. Which of the following is/are corrective measure(s) as
part of the long term priorities of Obama that was an outcome of his
predecessor’s regime ?
(1) Countering recession through immediate rescue
operations.
(2) Reining the budget deficit.
(3) Creating a more sustainable economy.
(a) (1) & (2) only
(b) (2) & (3) only
(c) (1) & (3) only
(d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these
3. John M. Keynes was advocate of which of the following
suggestions ?
(a) Spending money recklessly during recessions is suicidal
(b) Government stimulus to economy may not help because of
red-tapism
(c) Aggressive deficit spending is likely to be fatal for
economic meltdown
(d) Exorbitant spending during recessions is likely to boost
economy
Answer: (d) Exorbitant spending during recessions is likely
to boost economy
4. The author of the passage calls Barack Obama and his team
as “Keynesians” because .
(a) Barack Obama and his team have decided to fil old
bottles with banknotes
(b) His team is advising Barack to refrain from Keynes’
philosophy
(c) Barack Obama has been reluctant to follow Keynes’
philosophy
(d) Building houses has been under the active consideration
of Barack Obama and his team
Answer: (a) Barack Obama and his team have decided to fil
old bottles with banknotes
5. Which of the following is TRUE about Keynes’ philosophy ?
(a) Actual spending money during meltdown is more important
than where and on what it is spent
(b) Filling old bottles with banknotes and burying them is
an atrocious proposal
(c) Government should be selective in approach for spending
money during recession
(d) Creating jobs and prosparity during recessions is almost
an impracticable proposal
Answer: (c) Government should be selective in approach for
spending money during recession
6. According to the author of the passage, food stamps,
bridge repairs, etc. are the projects that .
(a) Do not warrant urgent spending as they have a lower
utility value
(b) Need the least investment and priority as compared to
building houses for the needy
(c) May not have any favourable impact on attempts to
counter recession
(d) None of these
Answer : (d) None of these
7. Obama desires to accelerate the process of pumping money
with utmost rapidity as he believes that it would .
(1) Help create reasonably high employment opportunities
(2) Avoid deflation
(3) Inject cash into the already troubled economy
(a) (1) and (2) only
(b) (2) and (3) only
(c) (1) and (3) only
(d) All (1) (2) and (3)
Answer: (d) None of these
8. Obama’s upcoming American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan
focuses on which of the following ?
(1) Recovery of all debts from the debtors in a phased
manner.
(2) Pumping money very liberally in projects that are
mandatory.
(3) Investing money recklessly in any project regardless of
its utility.
(a) (1) only
(b) (2) only
(c) (3) only
(d) (2) and (3) only
Answer: (d) (2) and (3) only
9. Highways, bridges, ethanol plants, etc. are considered by
the author as .
(a) Reasonably appropriate propositions to spend money on
(b) Tax saving schemes bestowed on builders
(c) Imprudent proposals to waste money on
(d) Measures that affect the environment adversely
Answer: (d) Measures that affect the environment adversely
Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the
word printed in bold as used in the passage.
10. Moribund
(a) Declining
(b) Thriving
(c) Waning
(d) Pessimistic
11. Beleaguered
(a) Stressful
(b) Harassed
(c) Carefree
(d) Uneventful
12. Raucous
(a) Strident
(b) Soft
(c) Rough
(d) Unprecedented
1. India test-fired Agni III on—
(A) May 15, 2008
(B) May 17, 2008
(C) May 20, 2008
(D) May 7, 2008
2. Which one of the following countries is not included in
the elite club which India joined after its successful test firing of Agni III—
(A) Russia
(B) U.S.A.
(C) U.K.
(D) France
3. M. Natrajan is—
(A) Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister
(B) Chief Controller and Programme Director of Agni Missile
System
(C) Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister
(D) None of the above
4. Currently which one of the following organizations is
celebrating its golden jubilee (year) ?
(A) ISRO
(B) CBI
(C) DRDO
(D) NASSCOM
5. India and Malaysia held their joint naval exercise at—
(A) Andman island
(B) Nicobar island
(C) Lumut
(D) Kualalampur
6. SERB stands for—
(A) Social Enlightenment and Research Board
(B) Scientific And Engineering Research Board
(C) Scientists’ and Engineers’ Research Board
(D) Science and Engineering Research Board
7. CEP (Circular Error Probability) is associated with—
(A) Prithvi II
(B) Chandryan I
(C) Narco Analysis test conducted on Aarushis’ alleged
murderer
(D) The finalization of Indo-US Nuclear deal
8. The country which recently announced to have its own
version of Star Wars—
(A) France
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) North Korea
9. The Indian state which, in May 2008, launched Food
Security Scheme—
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
10. The most coveted award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival
was received by—
(A) ‘Hunger’
(B) Line of Passage
(C) ‘The Class’
(D) Three Monkeys
11. The Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest
is—
(A) Ravi Kumar
(B) Sameer Mishra
(C) Kuljit Singh
(D) None of these
12. ‘Travelling Through Conflict’ is a book written by—
(A) Hamid Ansari
(B) Cherie Blair
(C) Balraj Krishna
(D) Salman Rushdie
13. According to the Global Peace Index released in May
2008, the most peaceful country on the earth is—
(A) New Zealand
(B) Norway
(C) Denmark
(D) Iceland
14. Which of the following was recently granted Navratna
status to ?
(A) PGCIL
(B) REC
(C) NALCO
(D) All the above
15. In terms of billionnaire population. Mumbai ranks…… at
world level ?
(A) Sixth
(B) Fifth
(C) Fourth
(D) Seventh
16. According to a report, the number of Indians who have a
problem of loud snoring during sleep is—
(A) 35 million
(B) 36 million
(C) 40 million
(D) 45 million
17. The government has planned to establish …………
universities of global standards across the country ?
(A) 10
(B) 14
(C) 20
(D) 16
18. The government has increased Minimum Support Price of—
(A) Wheat
(B) Paddy
(C) Cane
(D) None of these
19. India recently refused to accept the offer of
funds/loans from World Bank for— (A) Disaster management
(B) North-East projects
(C) Tiger protection
(D) None of the above
20. Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was a—
(A) U.S.A. film director
(B) First man to go to Mars mission
(C) Renowned fashion designer
(D) An internationally renowned financial expert
Answers:
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9.
(B) 10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19.
(C) 20 (C)
General Awareness
1. SEBI Chairman is
a) C B Bhave;
b) Damodaran;
c) O P bhatt;
d) Uday Kotak
2. The Vice President of International Olympic Committee is
a) Jiang Xiaoyu;
b) Gurilla Lindberg
c) Sun Weide;
d) Arun Natarajan
3. Chief Election Commissioner of India is
a) N
Gopalaswamy;
b) T N Seshan;
c) J N Lyngdoh:
d) Narin Chawla
4. Which of the following institutions find a place in
FORBES 2000 scroll?
a) Canara
Bank;
b) Bank of India
c) ICICI Bank;
d) Vijaya Bank
5. Which of the following companies find a place in FORBES
2000 scroll?
a) ONGC;
b) SAIL;
c) TCS;
d) All of these
6. The acronym NATO stands for
a) North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation;
b) North American
Trade Organisation
c) New Agreement
of Trade Organisation
d) Novel Agreement
of Trade Organisation
7. The acronym MCX stands for
a) Multi Currency Exchange of India;
b) Multi commodity Exchange of India
c) Movable Commodity Exchange of India
d) Major Cash Exchange of India
8. The acronym NSEL stands for
a) National Stock Exchange Ltd
b) National Securities Exchange of India ltd
c) National spot Exchange Ltd
d) National Services Exchange Ltd
9. The acronym SDRs refer to
a) Special Drawing
Rights of IMF
b) Social Deposit
Receipt
c) Savings Deposit
Receipt
d) Special Deposit
Receipt
10. Tata Motors acquired which of the two companies?
a) Jaguar and Land
Rover
b) Jaguar and Reva
c) Jaguar and
Maruthi
d) Jaguar and
Suzuki
11. Chief Justice of India is
a) R C Lahoti
b) A R Anand
c) Sabharwal
d) K G
Balakrishnan
12. The speaker of the Lok Sabha is
a) Dr Manmohan
Singh
b) Somnath
Chatterji
c) Sonia Gandhi
d) Sheila Dixit
13. India became a sovereign democratic republic on
a) 15th August
1947
b) 26th January
1950
c) 2nd October
1947
d) 1 May 1948
14. The Prime Minister of Pakisthan is
a) Yousuf Raza Gillani
b) Benazir Bhutto
c) Zardari Bhutto
d) Bilawal Bhutto
Zardari
15. The basic income tax exemption limit for 2008-2009
(Previous Year) is
a) Rs 1,10,000
b) Rs 1,50,000
c) Rs 1,55,000
d) Rs 2,50,000
16. The President of India is
a) Pratibha Devisingh Patil
b) Dr A P J Abdul
Kalam
c) Dr Manmohan
Singh
d) Mr Somnath
chatterji
17. Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
a) The President of India
b) The Chief
Justice of India
c) The Vice
President of India
d) The Prime
Minister of India
18. Sub-Prime Crisis even penetrated strong countries like
a) Mexico
b) Argentina
c) Sudan
d) Hongkong
19. The Chairman of Knowledge Commission of India is
a) Sam Pitorda
b) Vinod Dhall
c) Radhakrishna
d) Srikrishna
20.Which State Government in India has sent the proposal to
end 62 year old Pigeon Postal Services
a) UP;
b) MP;
c) Orissa;
d) Kerala
21. Who is the Chairman of Economic Advisory Cuncil to the
PM?
a) Bimal Jalan;
b) Y V Reddy;
c) Dr C Rangarajan;
d) M S Swaminathan
22. WTO was started in the year
a)
1947;
b)
1985;
c)
1995;
d) 2005
23. SENSEX refers to
a) Sensitivity Index
b) Index compiled on the basis of stock prices of top 30
companies listed in the Bombay
Stock Exchange
c) Index of all stocks listed on the NSE
d) Index of Inflation of our country which is highly
sensitive
24. UN Secretary General is
a) Ban-ki Moon;
b) Sam Pitardo;
c) Kofi Annan;
d) Hammarskjold
25. Taare Zameen Par—depicts difficulties faced by children
affected by
a) Dislexia;
b) Amnesia;
c) Dementia;
d) Paralysis
Canara Bank po exam
question paper 1 are as follows ,
26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar together between
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple cannot leave till after her lunch break
which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is free after her meeting which ends at noon.
For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?
(1) 3 ½ hours (2) 2 ½ hours (3) 4 ½ hours (4) Cannot be
determined (5) None of these
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27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER
each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the
English language?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these
28. Find the odd one out
(1) 2 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) 13 (5) 9
29. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged
in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet preceding them in the
English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters?
(1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT (3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT (5) NONE
OF THESE
30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to
Hindi news-papers alone, 12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi newspapers.
Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers.
(1) 9 (2) 21 (3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of
these
Directions (31-35): Below are given letters and their
numeric codes. Below that are given some conditions to be followed while
codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find out the
correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none
of the coded forms is correct, your answer will be (5) i.e. ‘None of these’.
Conditions:
(i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be
coded as Ś.
(ii) If the second letter is a vowel and the third letter is
a consonant a single code is to be used and both are to be coded jointly as %.
(iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter
is a vowel both are to be coded as?
31. ENIMY
(1) 1%28 (2) ?732? (3) 17328 (4) ?7328 (5) None of these
32. GENIR
(1) ?173? (2) 6%39 (3) 6%79 (4) 61739 (5) None of these
33. QUERI
(1) 5%93 (2) ?413? (3) ?4139 (4) ?419? (5) None of these
34. EINUM
(1) 1%72 (2) 0%42 (3) 1374? (4) 1%43 (5) None of these
35. UNGRE
(1) Ś769 Ś (2) 4769 Ś (3) 47691 (4) Ś7691 (5) None of these
Canara Bank probationary officer exam question paper 2
question No. 36 to 50
Directions (36-40): In each question below are two
statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically
follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.
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Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow.
36. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some
refrigerators are ACs.
Conclusions:I. Some ACs are ovens.II. No. AC is oven.
38. Statements: All planes are birds. All birds are clouds.
Conclusions:I. Some planes are clouds. II. Some clouds are
birds.
39. Statements: Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
Conclusions:I.. Some sweets are spice.II. No spice is salt.
40. Statements: Some papers are plastics. All papers are
clothes.
Conclusions:I. Some plastics are clothes.II. Some plastics
are papers.
Directions (41-45): Each of the following questions below
consists a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You
have to decide if the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer
the question. Read both statements and:
Give answer (1) if the data in statements I alone is
sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II is not
sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone is
sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone is not
sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (3) if the data either in statement I alone or
in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II
are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the statements I and II
together are necessary to answer the question.
41. How is ‘cricket’ written in a code language?
I. ‘Dinesh play cricket’ is written as ‘do si ha’.
II. ‘play cricket now’ is written as ‘ha si ma’.
42. Who is the oldest among L, M, N, O,P?
I. P is older than M and N but not O.
II. L is older than O.
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43. When is Rahul’s birthday?
I. Rahul and Shivani are twins.
II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap
year.
44. What is the strength of the class?
I. Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh
who stood 5 ranks below him stood last.
II. Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the
top.
45. How far does Shruti live from the school?
I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Mina’s house
which is 4 kms. From thee school.
II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2
kms. to reach Shruti’s house.
Directions (46-50): The following questions are based on the
five three digit numbers given below:
972 526 487 359 251
46. If the positions of the firs and second digits are
interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in
ascending order?
(1) 359 (2) 972 (3) 526 (4) 487 (5) 251
47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the
above numbers how many will be multiples of 5?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) None of these
48. If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the
above numbers the sum of the digits of how many of them are prime numbers?
(1) None (2) Two (3) One (4) Three (5) All five
49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written
in reverse order which will be the second highest number?
(1) 251 (2) 359 (3) 487 (4) 526 (5) 972
50. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers
are interchanged such that the first becomes second, second becomes third and
third becomes firs, which, of the following will be the highest?
(1) 972 (2) 526 (3) 487 (4) 251 (5) 359
